# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blake-baxter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:22.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blake-baxter"
name: "Blake Baxter"
slug: "blake-baxter"
description: "Blake Baxter is an American techno musician, associated with the first wave of Detroit techno. AllMusic called him \"perhaps the most underrated figure\" of the early Detroit techno scene. He has also been described as a \"unsung hero\" of Detroit techno music. Additionally, his production in his production work, Baxter has been recognized for helping bridging the gap between Chicago house and Detroit techno music. This contributed to the evolution of dance music in the late 1980s into the early 1990s."
tagline: "American musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.78
  momentum:             7.228915662650603
  historical:           8.549317333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1270
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/djblakebaxter"
    handle:    "djblakebaxter"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/blakebaxterdetroit"
    handle:    "blakebaxterdetroit"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ZKUeqiV2UX5sKhOipqw1h"
    handle:    "3ZKUeqiV2UX5sKhOipqw1h"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.blakebaxterdetroit.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC0iaRwITMqOl20A5sToGcg"
    handle:    "@blakebaxter"
    followers: 1270
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1100"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بليك باكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بليك باكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Baxter"
    title: "Blake Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Baxter"
    title: "Blake Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Baxter"
    title: "Blake Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Baxter"
    title: "Blake Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Baxter"
    title: "Blake Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Baxter"
    title: "Blake Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/09039d5e-335c-4c08-9474-a83d1b838f23"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump